Rewired setup

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

ok so i have recently installed my setup into my new car. i have been doing this stuff to my cars (thank goodness no one else's) for years and apparently the entire time have been doing it wrong. Having said that i want to run this by everyone to make sure my current setup is correct

1. 4awg wired from battery under hood to the amp (kx600.1) in the trunk -- fused 12" from the battery with an 80amp fuse

2. 4awg wired from a spot i bared the metal in the trunk to the amp -- wire length ~18"

3. Infinity Reference 1242W wired to (what i believe to be) 2 ohm which means wired + of each VC to each other then the - of each VC wired to each other then + of VC to amp and - of 2nd VC to amp

all speaker wire is 12awg

i currently do not have the remote wire attached because i don't want to start running the amp until i can get my dmm on it to set the gains correctly (didn't know i needed to do that until this week).

Also this amp has a subsonic filter --- should that be turned on or off?

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[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

ok so i have recently installed my setup into my new car. i have been doing this stuff to my cars (thank goodness no one else's) for years and apparently the entire time have been doing it wrong. Having said that i want to run this by everyone to make sure my current setup is correct
1. 4awg wired from battery under hood to the amp (kx600.1) in the trunk -- fused 12" from the battery with an 80amp fuse

2. 4awg wired from a spot i bared the metal in the trunk to the amp -- wire length ~18"

3. Infinity Reference 1242W wired to (what i believe to be) 2 ohm which means wired + of each VC to each other then the - of each VC wired to each other then + of VC to amp and - of 2nd VC to amp

all speaker wire is 12awg

i currently do not have the remote wire attached because i don't want to start running the amp until i can get my dmm on it to set the gains correctly (didn't know i needed to do that until this week).

Also this amp has a subsonic filter --- should that be turned on or off?

it all seems good to me, as long as your sub is a d4 you should see a 2 ohm read with that wiring. as for the subsonic filter, what is your box tuned to?

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

d4? do you mean dual 4 ohm VCs? if that is what you are referring to then yes they definitely are. sorry i dont know all the lingo yet haha

As far as the box goes -- this is where the majority of my shame resides....its a prefab. i needed a box in a hurry a few years ago and was able to pick it up at one of those warehouse expo mart things. its actually built for 2 12" sealed.

this box will probably be the first thing to go as i tweak my setup since i never realized how much difference the box makes.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

if the box is sealed then just turn the sub sonic filter all the way to the left or all the way down

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

d4? do you mean dual 4 ohm VCs? if that is what you are referring to then yes they definitely are. sorry i dont know all the lingo yet haha
As far as the box goes -- this is where the majority of my shame resides....its a prefab. i needed a box in a hurry a few years ago and was able to pick it up at one of those warehouse expo mart things. its actually built for 2 12" sealed.

this box will probably be the first thing to go as i tweak my setup since i never realized how much difference the box makes.

yes you have d4 coils (dual 4), and if you are running sealed, you really dont need a subsonic filter as the box itself ristricts the sub from moving to much, however, when you go ported, just make sure your subsonic filter doesnt go to far below the tuning of your box.for an example if you tune your box to 33 hertz set the filter to about 25, somewhere around there. but yeah man your doing decent for yourself.

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

ok sounds good to me.

the subsonic is just an on off switch on this amp. if i decide to upgrade my amp later should i look for one with a variable subsonic?

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

yes , also 1 ohm stable,and look at rms power not max

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

any suggestions on what speaker and amp i might upgrade to? not looking for top of the line or anything just something relatively dependable

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

speaker or subwoofer? and thats all preference bro, depends on what you are looking for.

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

sorry i meant subwoofer. as far as the sub goes i am looking for something with a good split between SQ and SPL and an amp to go with it that will run properly on the 4awg power and ground i already have installed.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

do you have a budget.and do you wanna run a sealed box or ported

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

how much power you looking to run? you can run up to 2000 watts on quality 4 gauge wire.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

how much power you looking to run? you can run up to 2000 watts on quality 4 gauge wire.

with a quality amp too,no cheap shlt

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

with a quality amp too,no cheap shlt

true that! no lanzar ****

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

well as far as budget goes i am not sure yet. it will depend on what i can find in my area. i like to find people that dont know what they have on craigslist then trade something i have that they want. you would be amazed at what really good stuff people will trade away when they are getting something they need, even if what they are getting is worth less than what they are giving up.

WOW 2000watts? i dont want to run anything close to that right now. max 1000w until i replace all the stock speakers.